Who is this God, Creator of Universe?

Dattatreya continues the story of Hemalekha to Parashurama in Tripura Rahasya "Hearing the speech of his wife, Hemachooda was delighted and put her the question 'Tell me dear! Who is this God, the creator of universe, whom I should devote myself?' He continued 'Some say Vishnu. Some say Shiva, Ganesha or Narasihma and similar Avataras. Some others say Buddha or Arihant. Even the moon, sun, fire or the life-principle is worshiped as God. Some put their faith on Karma and Nature and nothing else. Each has their own version of origin of the universe. I do not know what to believe and what not to believe. My love! I now know that you know the reality. You were associated with that saint Vyaghrapada and I can see the profound wisdom shining in you.' Hemalekha answers with pleasure 'My dear! If one says, for instance that the primal being, the creator, is Shiva with three eyes, will he not be like an ordinary potter, making pots, having a body and brain? Yes. It is true. In this world there is no art of work without a body and mind behind it.

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In fact the creative faculty in men belongs to something between the body and pure intelligence. Let us see our own mind. Mind operates with the body as external aids in waking state. But same mind operates apart from the gross body in dreams. Being intelligent it creates environment suitable to its latent desires. What does this indicate? Does it not show that the body is only a tool for a purpose and the agent is intelligence. Instruments are necessary for human agents as their capacities are limited and they are not self contained. This is not the case with the creator of the universe. He is perfect in Himself and creates the whole universe without any external aid. If not so, will he be any different from other creatures? He is not a glorified human being, requiring innumerable accessories for work. He is not influenced by seasons and environments like other creatures on this universe. He has no body and needs no accessories for his work. Will it not quash His unique mastery and imply limits to His powers of creation if necessity of accessories are assumed in God's creation? Is it not contrary to our original premises and hence absurd. He has no body nor any other aids. Yet He creates the world. It is foolish to be taken in by the notion of giving a body to a transcendental being. Still, if devotees worship and contemplate Him with a body according to their own inclination, nothing stops Him, with all His grace, to appear to them, assuming such a body. He is unique and fulfills the desires of his devotees. My dear! Hear it from me now. He is pure intelligence and absolute consciousness and is transcendental.

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